diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 07071e67..31eaecfc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -304,9 +304,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
-version = "0.39.2"
+version = "0.40.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "958f21e8e7ceb5a1aa7fa87fab28e7c75976e0bfe7e23ff069e0a260f894067d"
+checksum = "2474bd2e5029e7ccb6abb2ba48cf2383a333851dedf495901544281590c7da7f"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index beda638d..fefd1a33 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 [dependencies]
 encoding_rs_io = "0.1.7"
 rayon = "1.12.0"
-quick-xml = "0.39.2"
+quick-xml = "0.40.1"
 regex = "1.12.3"
 clap = { version = "4.6.1", features = ["derive"] }
 anyhow = "1.0.102"
diff --git a/src/utils/xml_utils.rs b/src/utils/xml_utils.rs
index 59780c57..5180a902 100644
--- a/src/utils/xml_utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils/xml_utils.rs
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ pub fn extract_values_from_xml_paths(
                             .find(|a| a.key.as_ref() == attr_name.as_bytes())
                         {
                             let value = attr
-                                .unescape_value()
+                                .normalized_value(quick_xml::XmlVersion::Implicit1_0)
                                 .map_err(|e| format!("Unescape error: {e}"))?;
                             results[i] = if path.starts_with(&["Relationship", "LeftTable"])
                                 || path.starts_with(&["Relationship", "RightTable"])